, 1887-01-19

winch lave DGeH gTdnCOu TO INC spanish
Transatlantic Mali COMPANY which is to
make SO voyages atfhtaHyo between Oadiz,
Santander, and-tha West Indies, calling at
New York with branches to Quebec,
Valparaiso andy S4lf1 F6aheiscO, and also
between a French pert Cadiz, and Buenos
Ayres. atGI obi ri .1I-.Af 9s
The Boston sugar Jefners charge that
al unfair appraisement has been made in
favor of New York and Philadelphia. The
Customs officers, however, deny the
charge.
1t is stated that the Prussian deficit
reaches 100000 of marks.
London news states that the death
OF Earl Iddesleigh has greatly affected Mr..
Gladstone, but the alarming rumOurs re-
speeding his health are denied.
Mr.. w. Fl. Smith has issued an urgent
whip to the Tory members for attendance
at the opening of Parliament.
1t is expected that the new fast train,
which has been arranged to run between
Calais and Lisbon, will help the Portu-
guese plan to make Lisbon a second
Liverpool.
A despatch from the Madeira correspOn-
dent OF the "Standard' states that the
Minister for Foreign Affairs has announced
the prOXimate conclusion of a convention
between Spain and the United States on a
basis Of mutual trade concessions. The
chief difficulty is caused by Americas
demand that other nations be excluded
from sinfiE8r privileges Ifthe negotiations
should fail it is probable that Spain will
impose difterAntiaBI duties on American
articles, thereby giving England adYan-
tages. ~
The "New York Tines, in an editorial,
advocates that Congress delay action in
reducing the import duty on sugar.
Trinidad, January 17th.-A meeting was
held on Queens Park on Saturday to pro-
mote reform of the Legislative Council.
Some 1000 persons were present, and
resolutions in favor of the introduction of
the elective system, in place of the present
nomination by the Grown to seats in the
Council, were carried unanimously.
JamaicA, January 17th.-According to
the records kept at the Central Board Of
Health, there were in Kingston on the 18th
inst. 228 cases Of small pox, of which 142
in hospital, the disease thus showing q
further decrease of 1873 cases as compared
with last report on 18th December.
New York, January 18th.-The report of
the Royal Commission declares that the
depression in trade since 1876 is owing to
over production, the fall i'll prices, foreign
tariffs, and the bOuntieS. The minority
report, which is signed by Earl Dunraven,
Mr.. Eckr@d, Mr, Muntz, and Sir John
Lubbock, advocates. the imposition of 2
shillings and pence as a countervailing
duty against bounty paid sugar.
New F3tk,' january ' 18th.-The Rt. Hon.
Walterof Stafford Northcote declares that
there awas7 no ,enmity between Earl
Iddesleigh and Lord Randolph Churchill,
and that on the contrary the late Earl had
prevented earlier ruptures between Lord
Randolph and the Marquis of Sails
bury.
The "Standard", in an editorial on the
Irish situation, says that the recent evic-
tons in Ireland bring disgrace on the
whole body Of the landlords, and that the
inhuman spectacles which occur are I'M
worthy the ban barous ages. Such land
lords, it declares, have no right to expect
Government aid.
Paris dispatches state that General
Boulanger gave a banquet i'll celebration
of the capture of Yorktown. The United
States Minister, Mr.. Mc.Lane, in the course
of q speech, congratulated General
BOulanger, as the head Of the army, and
France upon the fidelity and genius dis
played by him.
In the Senate, Admiral Veron complain
ed of the Entertainment OF the ST. MalO
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